Choose a conversation mode for the kind of reflection you want

Before opening a guided conversation, ask what kind of exchange would be useful. You may want to express frustration without immediately receiving a list of tasks, examine a situation more closely, or decide on something practical. These are different starting points. Choosing one does not mean the others are wrong or that you must know exactly where the conversation will end.

Moodwell Guided Conversations offers Vent, Reflect, Plan, and Calm. The modes guide the approach of the AI response. They are distinct from the named personas in the AI coach directory. Choosing a coach elsewhere is not the same action as selecting how you want to begin this reflection session.

Vent is oriented around hearing what you want to express, rather than immediately proposing solutions. Reflect emphasizes questions and tentative observations. Plan moves toward a small, practical next step. Calm uses a shorter, present-focused approach instead of asking you to analyze the whole situation. Read the mode descriptions and choose what fits your purpose.

The mode is a starting instruction for AI, not a guarantee about every reply. You can clarify what you need in your message, correct an assumption, or stop an exchange that is not useful. Your description of the situation still supplies the context for the conversation.

After a frustrating meeting, you might choose Vent and say: “I want to put this into words before deciding what to do.” On another occasion, the facts may already be clear and you want to prepare a follow-up question. Plan could be a more useful starting point for that task.

If you are unsure why one part of the meeting stayed with you, Reflect may fit the question better. Describe the actual exchange and your uncertainty. The choice is about what you want to do with the conversation, not an assessment of your mental state or a requirement to follow a fixed sequence of modes.

Guided conversations use AI credits. Read the response against the facts you supplied and notice where it introduces an assumption. A tentative interpretation can be worth considering without becoming the explanation you adopt. When a practical suggestion depends on information you have not provided, clarify that before deciding whether it fits.

The guide is AI, not a human professional or a clinical service. A useful result might be a clearer question, a short account of what happened, or one action to consider. You can revisit the session later with new context, but you do not need to keep generating replies merely to reach a neat conclusion.